OU Career Services | General Co-op Information

Cooperative Education (CO-OP) provides you with the opportunity to work in positions related to your major field of study, allowing you to gain valuable professional experience while enhancing your academic career.
You will work in one or more of the following plans:
Alternating: Alternate periods of work with periods of study.
Parallel: Work and attend college simultaneously on a part-time basis.
Summer: Work only during two or more summer periods.

Must have a current HIREsooner page with Career Services.
Must have at least an overall GPA of 2.00.
Must be in good academic standing with the University of Oklahoma.
Must be in good academic standing with your college and academic department.
Must be currently enrolled at the University of Oklahoma.
If you are an undergraduate, you must have completed at least 12 hours at the University of Oklahoma.
If you are a graduate student, you must have completed at least 9 hours at the University of Oklahoma.
If you are an international student, you must obtain permission to participate from the Office of International Exchange Programs. For further information see "Application Packet for Cooperative Education Program."

Prospective co-op opportunities must be evaluated by the Internship/Co-op Coordinator according to following criteria:

The work experience must be related to the student’s field of study or individual career interest and should enhance the educational experience.
Position must be established as a co-op position with the organization. The employment must be considered to be regular, continuing (at least two semesters), and essential to the organization with some predetermined amount of employment and standards of performance.
Must be in good academic standing with your college and academic department.
The work experience will ideally increase in difficulty and responsibility as the student progresses through the academic curriculum.
The position must be a paid position.
Employer must agree to evaluate co-op student’s performance at the end of each work rotation.
Work hours must be no less than 40 hours for an alternating co-op and no less than 20 hours for a parallel co-op.

Activate your HIREsooner page to get your resume on-line and to participate in on-campus interviews.
Check HIREsooner online job board weekly to see which companies have scheduled on-campus interviews for co-op positions.
View current co-op listings by clicking on "Internship and Co-op Listings" on the left.
Check with your academic department.